Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles

Boston has gone 6-1 against Baltimore so far in 2018 (all at Fenway), more than doubling the Orioles run total (41-19) in those games. The Red Sox are on a five-game winning streak at Camden Yards, outscoring the O's 32-13 in those 2017 games.

The Red Sox have scored just eight runs in their last four games, tied for their worst four-game span of 2018. Their .192 batting average is the second-worst in four games in 2018. Their .054 average w/ RISP is the worst in four games this year.

The Orioles have lost their last six home games, which is the longest active streak in the American League, and ranks second in MLB (Rockies, 7). Their 54 hits and 20 runs thus far in June both rank last in the AL.

Steven Wright has not allowed a run in his last 16.0 innings pitched; this is the longest active streak by an AL pitcher. His most recent outing was his first start of the season, in which he threw 7.0 shutout innings.

In his last five starts (including his start on Mother's Day), Dylan Bundy has a 2.57 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, a .184 opponent batting average, and is striking out 10.29 batters per nine innings (including a career-high 14 K game on May 24). He also has a run support average of 8.23 runs over these five starts, which ranks 4th in MLB among qualifiers.

Andrew Benintendi has hit four home runs thus far in June, tied for third in the American League. He has also scored ten runs this month, tied for most in the American League.

BALTIMORE -- The Boston Red Sox will try to complete a three-game sweep of the slumping Baltimore Orioles when the two teams meet for a Wednesday matinee at Oriole Park.

Boston (46-22) won the first two games of this series, including Tuesday's 6-4 victory. Chris Sale (5-4, 2.83 ERA) will pitch for Boston on Wednesday against Yefry Ramirez, who will make his major-league debut.

Sale has lost his last three starts. He pitched well against the White Sox on Friday in his last start, allowing one run on six hits in eight innings -- with 10 strikeouts -- but still took the loss as Chicago scored a 1-0 victory.

He has pitched effectively against the Orioles in his career, going 5-2 with a 2.79 ERA in 15 games, including nine starts, and will try to give the Red Sox their ninth win in 10 games versus Baltimore this season.

The Orioles are struggling on offense right now, a big reason the team has lost six in a row and 13 of their last 15 games.

Ramirez will be called up from Triple-A Norfolk as the Orioles placed Andrew Cashner on the disabled list Tuesday due to a lower back strain. They also brought up relief pitcher Donnie Hart from Norfolk.

Cashner had been scheduled to start Wednesday's game but Ramirez instead will get his first chance to pitch in the majors.

The Red Sox also will have Mookie Betts in the lineup. Betts had been out since May 26 with a left abdominal strain before being surprisingly activated before Monday's 2-0 victory.

He went 1-for-5 and manager Alex Cora took him out after the top of the 11th inning so Betts would not be pushed too much on his first day back.

Betts did not play in Tuesday's win, but he and Cora said it was more just to ease him back in slowly.

"He was going to play two out of three anyway," Cora said before Tuesday's game. "Yesterday we extended him a little bit. He'll start tomorrow."

Betts also leads the major league All-Star Game voting as the Red Sox likely will have a few players on the American League team.

The Orioles' best chance for that game will be Manny Machado, who returned to the Baltimore lineup Tuesday after missing a game due to an illness.

Baltimore ran into the same problems Tuesday that have plagued its lineup all season - an inability to score without homers and not being able to get the big hit at the right time.

The Orioles went just 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 baserunners overall. There were just too many missed chances once again.

Baltimore has just a .227 team batting average after the Tuesday loss -- and it won't get any easier in the series finale with Sale starting and the solid bullpen waiting behind him.